Daily Republican., 1887-06-23
DIED: u THEIR BOOTS.

DIED: u THEIR BOOTS.
A Bloody climax to tho Rowan County,
Ky, vendeteH-Cratg TolIiver and
Throe Followers Shot Dead.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June 22.-Iu Ken
tuoky's shame, the lawless county oil
Rowan, was this morning enacted what
will beyond all doubt prove the Anal
chapter In the bloodiest mountain ven.
dettA kno wn to the history OF the State
The culmination WAS reached In the
tragic end Of four desperate men Who'll
forfeited their lives while resisting thel
mandates Of the law. After the destruc-
tion OF thousand Of dollars worth of
property and, up to this writing, the
loss OF Il lives, Rowan County can now
return 70 peace and prosperity. Craig
Toliiver, the famous desPerado, was
probably the immediate cause Of the
outraged law being vindicated.
In the August (1884) election, after
. heated COD test, Cook Humphreys WAS
elected Sheriff Of Rowan County by At
majority over Sam Good win. During
the CANVASS many animosities were en-.
|gendered, tfe Martins Allying them.
selves with Humphreys and the TOLL.
vers with Goodwin's cause. Craig
Tolliver, the leader Of the latter fac.
ti0n, whose nAme In Kentucky has
grown - notoriously familiar as WAS
that Of Jesse James in Missouri several
years ago, swore after the election that
Hum phrsys should never ride Rowan
County ns Sheriff. Since that date life
after life has been offered up on the
altar of hatred and bad blood with In
|creasipg frequency, despite the best ef-
forts Of Judiciary and militia, back ed
by the strong arm Of the State Govern
ment.
The names Of the victims IN the order
killed Are as follows:
Solomon Bradley, John Martin. Whit.
Belfrey, B. Caudelle, Deputy Sheriff
mgardner, Mason Keeton, John
NARROW, John Davis, Wiley TollIver, q
railroad employs named Witcher,
Willie Logan, Ben ayburn, John Day
Floyd Tollivcr and q party whoss name
Iis not remembered. Besides the two
recent victims, John B. Logan and w
n. Logan, and to days last, Craig Tol
liver, Bad Tolliver, Jay Tolliver and
Hiram Cooper.
A special to the Courier Journal frou
Lexington. KY. gives the particular
as follows:
The news from Rowan County to.dn,
Ia OF the most exciting kind, as it sp
pears to be an indisputabls fact tha
Craig Tolliver is killed and his ganf
disme m bered forever.
Sheriff HoRg, presumably acting
under Instructions from the State al
liberties, for he recently visited Frank
fort to see Governor Knott. has beer
for about . week quietly organizing g
very large posse OF determined men ir
the upper part OF Rowan Couaty and in
ithe adjoining counties for the purpose
OF arrcs;ing Craig Tolliver or all the
parry who were implicated IN the mur
der OF the Logan boys some two week;
ago. Craig Tolliver had received init
m ations CT this, but they were 80 vsgut
that he supposed the party would bt
res ulators instead Of q Sheriff's posse.
To.liver and his party, consisting o
about ten men, were quite vigilant
and went heavily armed TO meet every
eastward bound train ct the depot Il
scar ch for suspicious characters and t,
see that no one got off at Morehead bu
,those whom they desired. Sheriff Hog
equipped his large party with Win
u chester rifles asd the ammunition Wa
secretly conveyed to his rendezvou
u while he was organizing the posse. /
OF the sgsassips Wednesday, June 22l
women. children or ipoffensive oiti
zens from being killed by accident
Accordingly, at an early hour thiI
morp Iug, people living on the line o
1.-The I, iiroad, within two or three mile
of Mo:ahead, on each side OF the town
were otified to stop all trains, and In
l form the conductors what was going or
| In Morehead, so that the passe nge RI
and train men would not be placed IL
danger.
Sheriff Hogg's band Of resolute men
ru N be ring probably more than 200, np
peared suddenly at Morehead about
Io'clock this morning. A Gordon wa
n first established around the entire towi
in the brush, where the men could no
be seen. The Sheriff then entered tn
town at the head of 100 we'll -armet
\ men. Craig Tolliver and his ten fol
sIlowers Immediately retreated to tn
u Cottage Hotel, which they had previ
tIously barricaded in such manner q
Ito make 1t quite o formidable fortress.
Sheriff Hogg then notified Tollive
THAT he had warrants for the arrest o
all the men implicated in the killing o
the Logan boys, and asked that they
Iall submit peaceably to arrest under thu
law. Tolliver's reply ives that neither
!! he nor bis men would be arrested, and
THAT o hundred men could not TAXI
them. His party then opened fire upor
\ the Sheriff's posse. Quite brisk rattle
Iof musketry ensued, and the fighting
4 was kept up probably for two hours.
The only casualty for time was 9
flesh wound received by one Of tht
She riffs posse. The attacking party
however, we're gradually drawing theil
lines closer around Tolliver's fortifica
tions, and the besieged party, finding
Things growing too warm, finally con-
IcIuded TO make bold rush for liberty,
cut their way through the Sheiih's lines
and take to the adjacent brush, which,
once reached, would afford them o Sc.
cure escape. But as they made the
Trash they were met by Q tremendous
u volley, which killed Craig Tolliver, Bud
lTolliyer. Jay Tolliver and Hiram Cooper.
jThey were all shot through the heart,
and died inetartly.
Craig Tolliver seems to have been q
general target, as be was so thoroughly
lrtddlod as to be scarcely recognizable.
THE other members of the gang gol
Through safely, but as they approached
the brush they were met by q volley
from the outside Gordon, line of men
| a, ationed ten or twelve feet apart all
around the town. This volley wounded
Gate Tolliver, q 12.yesr-old boy, and
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